While social workers and other front line workers are required by law to report suspected child abuse in Mississippi, state law also requires that _____________ who suspects abuse to report to the proper authorities. 

___________abuse involves Illegal or improper use of an elder’s funds, property, or assets. This is the most common form of elder abuse in Mississippi. 

While all adults have the right to live in an environments of his/her choosing, ________________________ is reportable and involves behaviors of an elderly person that threaten the elder’s health or safety.

According to the article in your module titled “Social Workers’ Suggestions for Effective Rural Practice,” suggestion (s) by participants included the need to:

A ___________________ disorder is characterized by significantly impaired cognitive functioning and deficits in two or more adaptive behaviors that appears before adulthood.

Mental illnesses in themselves cannot be considered disabilities even if they impact an individual’s life to the point of impairing functioning. 

At what point should a social worker report suspected child abuse?

The process of a Child Protection Services (CPS) investigation starts out with a report called in, entered in the CPS website, made to law enforcement, or made by the CPS Phone App in of a suspected child abuse/neglect case.

_____________________  can cause unique symptoms in the elderly and can result in a misdiagnosis of dementia. 

According to the Pew Research article in this week’s module, __________________  experienced harassment in the highest number of countries (145 and 139 countries, respectively).